* Mike M (linux-support@earthlink.net) [030612 21:48]: > I've set up several Debian systems and loaded the cvs package on them. I've > had no problem using: > > $ cvs -d :ext:myacct@mybox:/home/cvsrep checkout myproject > > Now I have to do some work on a RH8 box to solve a particular problem. I > found that I had to do this: > > $ CVS_RSH=ssh; export CVS_RSH > > to get the command above to work. > > On the Debian system, when I query evironments vars, I do not set CVS_RSH > set. Why do the Debian systems allow the :ext: access method to work without > having the CVS_RSH var set? The default is to use rsh. If you've installed ssh, but not rsh-client, then /usr/bin/rsh is a symlink to ssh. (Well, indirectly, anyway, through the alternatives system). So when cvs invokes rsh on your debian box, it gets ssh. good times, Vineet -- http://www.doorstop.net/ -- "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." --Benjamin Franklin
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